Shloka 61
Bhīṣma-nipāta-saṃvāda — Sañjaya’s Report of Bhīṣma’s Fall (भीष्मनिपातसंवादः)
यत्र शान्तनवं भीष्म हतं शंससि संजय । संजय! निश्चय ही कालकी शक्ति बहुत बड़ी है, सम्पूर्ण जगत्के लिये वह दुर्लड्घय है, जिसके अधीन होनेके कारण तुम शान्तनुनन्दन भीष्मको मारा गया बता रहे हो ।। ६० है ।। पुत्रशोकाभिसंतप्तो महद् दुःखमचिन्तयम्
yatra śāntanavaṁ bhīṣmaṁ hataṁ śaṁsasi sañjaya | putraśokābhisaṁtapto mahad duḥkham acintayam ||
Dhṛtarāṣṭra berkata— “Sañjaya, di tempat mana dan dalam keadaan bagaimana engkau melaporkan bahwa Bhīṣma, putra Śāntanu, telah gugur? Terbakar oleh duka atas putra-putraku, aku diliputi kegelisahan; pikiranku tenggelam dalam kesedihan yang amat besar.”
धृतराष्ट उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds the ethical and psychological cost of war: even a king becomes morally and emotionally destabilized by attachment and grief for his sons, which clouds judgment and intensifies suffering.
Dhṛtarāṣṭra, hearing Sañjaya’s report, reacts with shock and sorrow and asks where and how Bhīṣma—pillar of the Kuru side and son of Śāntanu—has been brought down, while confessing his own overwhelming grief for his sons.